The Dred Scott decision declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and ruled that slaves were property. The decision did not necessarily alarm most people in the North.
the missouri compromise
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The admission of California to the Union - it was too big to be accommodated according to the terms of that compromise.
The Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision declared the Missouri Compromise of 1820 unconstitutional. The Court ruled that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories, as it violated the property rights of slave owners guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
The law that was found to be unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision was the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which banned slavery in certain territories. The Supreme Court ruled that Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in these territories, as it violated the constitutional rights of slaveholders.
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
Southerners benefited the most from the Dred Scott Decision.
It allowed slavery and found Scott to be property.